Fort Hays State junior defensive lineman Jesse Trent was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for the second straight year. The Dodge City, Kan. native has been a mainstay as a starter on the Tiger defensive line for the past two years and earned not just Academic All-District honors last year, but Academic All-American honors as well.

Through nine games this season, Trent is tied for ninth on the team in tackles with 35. He is currently second on the team in tackles for loss with 7.0 and has a half sack to his credit.

Trent is a Biology major and currently holds a GPA of 3.98 overall. He will now be placed on the All-American ballot for the second straight year.

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Kansas City, Mo. – MIAA regular season champion Lindenwood had four students athletes named first team All-MIAA as the Men’s Soccer team was announced today. The top three seeds in this season’s MIAA each had at least three players earn first team honors as the tournament is set to begin today.

Lindenwood’s Mauricio Medina was a unanimous first team selection and was named this season’s MIAA Player of the Year. Medina has five goals and seven assists from his midfield position for the Lions.

Fort Hays State goalkeeper Jason Babyak has been named the MIAA Freshman of the Year. Babyak made 11 starts this season earning a 1.03 goals against average and made 41 saves as he posted five shutouts.

Carl Hutter was named Coach of the Year after guiding Lindenwood to an unbeaten season and their second straight MIAA regular season championship.

The back line for the first team consists of Lindenwood goalkeeper Fermin Hughes and defenders Eric Heymer of Fort Hays State, Rodney Mays of Lindenwood and Eric Crawford of Northeastern State.

The middle is anchored by MIAA Player of the Year Medina, joined by Northeastern State’s Jordan Schmoker and Fort Hays State’s Tanner Brock. The front line consists of Lindenwood’s Aris Nukic, Northeastern State’s Juan Peralta and Fort Hays State’s Ricardo Yeverino.

The MIAA Tournament is scheduled to get underway today from the College Boulevard Activities Complex in Olathe, Kan.

Player of the Year
Mauricio Medina, Sr., MF, Lindenwood

Freshman of the Year 
Jason Babyak, GK, Fort Hays State

Coach of the Year 
Carl Hutter, Lindenwood

1st Team All-MIAA
Goalkeeper – Fermin Hughes, So., Lindenwood
Defender – Eric Hymer, Jr., Fort Hays State
Defender – Rodney Mays, Sr., Lindenwood
Defender – Eric Crawford, Jr., Northeastern State
Midfield – Mauricio Medina, Sr., Lindenwood^
Midfield – Jordan Schmoker, Jr., Northeastern State
Midfield – Tanner Brock, Jr., Fort Hays State
Forward – Aris Nukic, So., Lindenwood
Forward – Juan Peralta, Jr., Northeastern State
Forward – Ricardo Yeverino, Sr., Fort Hays State
^ = Unanimous Selection 

2nd Team All-MIAA 
Goalkeeper – Jason Babyak, Fr., Fort Hays State
Defender – Adam Schmoker, Jr., Northeastern State
Defender – Terence Smith, Jr., Northeastern State
Defender – Craig McTear, Sr., Lindenwood
Defender – Chance Miller, So., Northeastern State
Midfield – Joel Mendoza, So., Northeastern State
Midfield – Diego Cabral, Jr., Fort Hays State
Midfield – Leandro Pena, So., Upper Iowa
Forward – Daniel Peralta, Sr., Fort Hays State
Forward – Ignacio Pizarro, Jr., Lindenwood
Forward – Kaleb Romero, Sr., Southwest Baptist
Four defenders due to tie in the voting

Honorable Mention 
Goalkeeper – Eric Shephard, So., Northeastern State
Defender – Carlos Linares, Jr., Fort Hays State; Phillip White, Fr., Harding; Kevin Pineda, Jr., Harding; Ithiel Turrado Vale, Jr., Lindenwood; Axel Duarte, Sr., Lindenwood; Sebastian Smith, So., Upper Iowa
Midfield – Jacob Stevens, Jr., Harding; Jackson Buchanan, Fr., Harding; Guillermo Tabuyo, Fr., Lindenwood; Alfredo Paez, Jr., Lindenwood; Brad Tippin, Fr., Southwest Baptist; Justin Schaeffer, Jr., Southwest Baptist; Josh Thomas, Sr., Southern Nazarene; Edgar Pineda, Jr., Southern Nazarene; Rafael Pedroso, So., Upper Iowa
Forward – Michael Cole, So., Fort Hays State; Ryan Wilhelm, Sr., Harding; Andre Hayne, Jr., Lindenwood; Paul Samia, So., Northeastern State; Edgar Gonzaga, Sr., Northeastern State; Blake Rodgers, Jr., Southern Nazarene; Aaron Calkins, So., Upper Iowa

The Fort Hays State Tigers built an early five-point lead on No. 5 Kansas in their exhibition game Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse, but the Jayhawks answered with a 29-8 run in building a 22-point lead and go on the beat the Tigers 92-75. Kansas opened the second half on a 10-1 run and led by as many as 32 in the second half before the Tigers closed the game down the stretch.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

Dwayne Brunson led two Tigers in double-figures with 15 points, Craig Nicholson added 16 along with five assists. Kansas was led by Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden who both scored 13. The Tigers shoot 49-percent from the floor including 8-of-19 from three-point range. KU shoots 51-percent but just 5-of-19 from beyond the arc.

 

 

The Creighton Blue Jays shot 53-percent in the second half including 7-of-12 from three-point range and beat the Fort Hays State Lady Tigers 77-47 in an exhibition game Monday night in Sokol Arena. The 30-point margin was the Bluejays largest lead of the game.

Coach Hobson Post Game Interview part1
Coach Hobson Post Game Interview part2

Fort Hays State closed the first half on an 11-4 run to pull within seven at 26-19 but the Bluejays answered with an 11-4 run to open the second half to quickly push their lead back to 14 points.

FHSU shoots 31-percent for the game and hits just 1-of-13 from three-point range and were just 12-of-21 from the free throw line. Kate Edwards led the Tigers with 12 points and seven rebounds. Kate Lehman and Chelsea Mason both added 11 points.

 

Fort Hays State senior wide receiver Keaton Callins was named the MIAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week on Monday (Nov. 4) for his efforts in the 63-17 win over South Dakota Mines this past Saturday.

Callins triggered the scoring for FHSU against South Dakota Mines with a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown as FHSU set a school record for points in a game against a collegiate team with 63.

He also had a great day at wide receiver, hauling in six passes for 109 yards and one receiving touchdown. His touchdown was a 20-yard reception in the third quarter to extend Fort Hays State’s lead to 42-17. His longest reception of the game was 32 yards and he averaged 18.2 yards per catch.

 

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The 18th ranked Fort Hays State University men’s soccer team dropped a 3-0 road contest to West Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon.

The Tigers close out the regular season at 11-4-2 (6-1-2 MIAA) and will travel to the MIAA tournament as the No. 2 seed this week.

FHSU managed just three shots in the contest, as Drew Wilson, Daniel Peralta and Damion Cooper took aim at the net.  Peralta’s shot was the lone “on-goal” attempt for the Tigers.

Jason Babyak played the entire 90 minutes between the posts for the Tigers, saving five shots.

West Texas A&M (12-3-1) was led offensively with goals by Michael Cooper, Daniel Angloher and Wayne Bruton.  Angloher and Aidan Hamman had assists on the day.

Fort Hays State will play third-seeded Northeastern State in the conference tournament semi-finals on Thursday, Nov. 7 at the College Boulevard Activities Center in Olathe, Kan.  The game, scheduled for 4 p.m., is the third matchup between FHSU and NSU this season.  The first two matches ended in 2-2 and 0-0 draws.

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